Who even cares anymore? Do we really have to rehash this every year? People are always complaining that the police are wasting time on speeders when they could be catching "real" criminals, why would the FBI waste time on this unless a real lead actually came in?

If they have the evidence of the DNA from the tie why can't they rule out the guy I read about yesterday that died in 1994 and had been living in Bonney Lake WA ?Identified by his brother, he was a navy paratrooper and worked for Northwest Airlines

It does not give me much in the way of confidence that they will ever catch Osama bin Laden if they don't even have a clue as to who DB Cooper was after 36 years.

I grew up hearing all the stories about D.B. and considered them just one of those things that make living in SW WA unique. I think we should just leave it alone and let it be what it is, a mystery. What would we really do if we found him? Probably make him a celebirty and I don't think that is really what we want.

I am amazed that we are spending precious time and tax dollars to solve this case! Are you kidding? Think of all the unsolved MURDERS, RAPES and KIDNAPPINGS that are unsolved. Agent Carr should concern himself with those cases! Sad. Very sad.

Have they ruled out that guy in oregon I think that was a skydiver. I watched a show about it on evening magazine I think. Two guys had written a book on him being DB Copper but he denied it.

This is just another feeble attempt by the Seattle FBI office to perpetuaute the myth that they are actually enforcing the law. This agent should be ashamed of himself. Total waste of tax-dollars.

I would like to know about the oregon guy also.
I believe his name is
Ted Mayfield

I think this case has remained unsolved because the artist sketch doesn't look anything like witness reports.

If the FBI really wants the public to help, why doesn't the FBI and KING5 post a photo of the unique pearl tie tack? Surely somebody might recognize it. Duh!

Like reading the airline stewardess's notes is supposed to help solve Cooper's identity? Huh?

There is merit in looking at this case still. How media and the FBI can work together to solve a crime. Lets get it right now ok boys?

It's important to continue to investigate this because, even though it was many years ago, this man held an aircraft and a number of people hostage, threatening their lives. If we give up, then "criminal justice" means nothing. In addition, we don't want other people either trying what he did, thinking they can also get away with it, or thinking they can get off scot-free if they simply hide long enough.

It is absolutely great this case is still active. D.B. Cooper has become part of American folk history and people want to know the truth as to what really happened. The money being spent on this case is minuet compared to the billions of dollars spent by our government on wars and other such projects. I say keep the the case open until it is solved.

This country loves DB.

Let me get this straight, Agent Carr has taken over as the lead investigator? Why after almost 40 years is the FBI still expending resources on this? He stole what, $200K, and we've spent what, a million at least looking for him. Now we find out that the FBI "accidentally" gave him a sewed up parachute (mind you I find it a useful accident!). Then a large sum of the money is found at Frenchman’s bar in Vancouver almost completely destroyed, "buried" in the sand. It sounds like he chose the sewn up chute, and ended up in the river thus the reason nothing was found, except for a portion of the money years later. No given the conditions that night and these new “facts” it appears Mr. Cooper ended up dying that night and most likely given where some of the money was found, in the Columbia River. The only positive I can see for the FBI wasting our tax dollars in this fashion is it keeps them busy lest they figure out a way to join other “law enforcement” agencies in becoming revenue collectors on our highways then we would be paying them twice like every other police agency!

DOES ANY ONE EVER THINK THAT COOPER MIGHT HAVE BEEN A TRAINED CHUSTIST. EVEN TRAINED BY THE MILITARY. SEEM LIKE A LOT OF WASTED TIME AND MONEY ON $200,000.00. GIVE IT UP AGENT CARR. THIS IS ANOTHER GREAT UNSOLVED MYSTERY IN AMERICA. GET REAL YOU'RE WASTING OUR TAX DOLLARS ON THIS CRAP. JUST ANOTHER SCREW UP BY THE FBI. LIKE YOU DID AT RUBY RIDGE AND WACO.

Is it possible that Mr. Cooper never jumped at all? It is said that he knew little about skydiving, but knew something about large aircraft. Is it possible that he secreted himself inside the aircraft until after it landed and simply walked off at some later time?

If you people have little interest in this case, then leave the web-site. Cold case investigations are usually a spare time investment, at no cost to the taxpayer. Some of you people are pretty shallow-minded.

I agree with the gentleman who said that perhaps he never jumped but waited until the plane landed to escape similar to how the De Caprio movie character on What's my line? The crook you charmed his way through an assortment of crimes including escaping the FBI while under arrest in a plane. Db Cooper should be given amnesty because more than seven years have passed and no murder was involved. Mr Db Cooper you can contact me anytime with the assurance that I will not turn you in or give any evidence to convict. you. The other possibility is turn your self in so that your conscious can rest and let us all know how you did it. I would like to know how much luck was involved and how did you lose the 20,000 dollars did your bag open during descent or did you plant it to suggest a different direction of travel. Mr DB Cooper my email is urourogyn@yahoo.com. My word is my word I promise not to divulge anything to the authorities unless you want me too. All the best.